Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-14
TWO BOTTLES.
.ss Messenger Owen Tries Brown.
tAPlOw .rrv With whisky and Sue
"s goods In Turning His Head.
,he Oompany's Money, Buries It
re r,on Tails Where the Doodle Can
81" be Found.

o,o,co, Ill. Oct. ia News spe-
u. Cn a.ys il now appears that misleading
c ,.-r ~ we're thrown out regarding the Pc,
eis" 'Pvnress steal. It was said yester-
GU chat there mad been no robbery at sll,
90! t 49,. are furnished by the Pinkerton
o Uus l thst Messenger > b. ovens stols
es sorf 500 OOO, which he brought to 81.
S Soris and buried near the OUTSKIRTS OF
Luz oitv Owens then came to Chicago
l1e 20 r 1rr directly to the home OF his
sbu orin-Isw, Mr.. Tichenor. Mean
DI To +be detectives had intercepted a
WIZ from Ovens to his
IN which he stated
wns' everything would turn out
Ip9 .,cbt end told her not to be alarmed.
81 Tive Pinkerton hen went 10 the Ire
Do ont honse and arrested Owens as he
l mos ,atnrning from 8 drive. At first be
We rerv stubborn and refused to talk
'S - the robbery, but upon the failure
Ibis 5is wife TO sppsar as she had promised
u ~ Ike down and mace confession
Isnjng where he had planted the money
1,.yprsop accordingly left with Owens on
T ,u. night for s., Louis aud a dis
I'scb wss received here yesterday stating
inst s23 900 of the money had been re-
a .nrt snd there YVES no doubt that the
s S,,,nce would be found in short time,
The The company will probably not prosecute
Ovens. .no,
ST. LOUIS, No, Oct l2.-The follow
,,S Is shout as near the true inwsrdness
n,}be late express robbery on the Iron
Mountain Railway as can be got at. The
pacific Express Compsny lost 1874, 500,s and
frrst d messenger who, ten days ago,
yrhen he YVES unb lsnced by worry snd
8 tropble. disappeared as Texsrkana last
sunday morning The messenger was
f,rpd at the fremont house, Chi
csgn. by detective yester-
dsv Thirty-one thousand dollars was
dug ont of box of ashes in the rear of
the messengers residence, 856 South
Eighth street, this city. Last evening e
Iswger returned $1,000 more which had
been sent him as s. retainer fee aud the
bqIsnce is supposed to be secreted by q
relative of the messenger as
he has not been seen since
tbe loss was discovered. The
story as told by the detectives is that
some tine in September d package Of
money in Chsrge of J. B. Owens vas
! found to be $50 short, and the suspicion
worried him. 4 week ago last MOI day,
before starting on his run, he bought a
3 bottle of whisky and ct Lit
tie Rock he bought another. at
Texsrksna he failed 10 make a return to
+ the agent there but went on to Dallas,
and then n DeuisOn, from which place he
msied $1,000 with the following note:
To Ex Governor Charles p. johnson, Temple
Bulldog, -. Louis:
Please keep this as retainer. VIII
call On you soon.
TSigued. ED MARSHALL.
Owen then returned to Texarksna and
"Wednesday bosT0ed the express car Of
witch he should have been in charge.
f0Ten left the Car st POplsr and Fourth
streets, ST. Louis, on Thursday night,
carrying in his satchel the COmpaBy'g
money.
Ee then went to Warsaw, Ill, and
wired his wife as to his whereabouts
This message the detective intercepted at
her house without her knowledge, and
Owens VAS easily traced to Cnicsgo and
arrested. He Wss in g deplorable condi-
i. tion, and refused TO answer questions.
His supply Of liquor being cut of and
none Of Ms friends coming
Ito strengthen him ne told
his story sbolt the money and
revealed the hiding plsce. He was
brought home and 8stonished his wife
and mother by turning up the money at
their own house. In the scar b the Ce-
receives betrayed surprise that sill the
money vas not hidden together. and
asked many questions about the absence
OF relative who is doubtless suspected
OF having received 8 part OF the money.
Owens was released from custody
and the company have determined
not 10 prosecute rim, although they will
Keep close watch over him till the mys-
tery IS cleared up. As for the missing
SZ0UU Owen says he does not know what
become OF It; that he must have lost 1t
Wnie drunk. Elk Governor Johnson
turned over the money as soon SIS ne was
SATISFIED i was sent by Oven.